Within a month of moving their New York startup to Boulder, Catherine and Jason Walsh had their Yummari chia and peanut butter energy bars in two regions of Whole Foods.

The next two years were about maintaining that space. But Yummari is once again making moves: This time onto the shelves of 80 Safeways and Albertsons and onto the offerings of Boulder-based Door to Door Organics.

We sat down with the Louisville residents to get the dish on their latest moves and how their life has changed since relocating to Colorado:

What do these deals mean for your distribution?

Jason: It doubles it. So the plan is for 175 stores but they're going to start off with 80 and see how it goes from there.

Catherine: We're just really excited for all the accounts we're getting into over the summer. We thought it was going to be 36 stores and now it's 80.

We're launching with Door to Door on June 20 and in mid-July with Albertons/Safeway.

Jason: All you need as an entrepreneur is one thing a week. A nice email or a call from someone. That's big for us. People are loyal to local brands if they like them, especially here.

We're not in a lot of stores but if we can prove we can fly off the shelves that's the door to the next region.

How is Yummari performing in Whole Foods?

Jason: Very well. We launched in Whole Foods' Rocky Mountain region in 2014 and also in the northeast region, so about 30 stores.

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We really hit well with the outdoor enthusiasts' lifestyle.

Why? What specifically about your bars appeals to active people?

Jason: We are a low-fiber option. Fiber's not something you want to eat a lot of if you're climbing a 14er, to have your stomach be full and nowhere to go.

Nutritionally, we have a lot of real ingredients; we don't fill our bar. There's a reason for each ingredient. Also, the size is important because you can fit them in a feedbag on a bike.

Yummari means "good luck." We were inspired by"Born to Run" and the diet and the activities of the Tarahumara Indians in the Copper Canyon, running for joy and happiness and the culture of what they stood for.

We're runners in our current lives but adding different types of seeds and ingredients to our fuel we didn't think about. We just bought a Clif bar and that was it. The Tarahumara utilized the chia seeds, so our first bars were chia seed and peanut butter.

Since 2014, our product line has been redesigned, redeveloped and relaunched. We went from conventional GMO-free to now being allergen-free and the quality has been increased tremendously.

We swapped out the nut protein for hemp, so now we're 42 percent hemp.

Is hemp a common product in active lifestyle foods?

Jason: No, there aren't many. The first thing people think with hemp is the Grateful Dead, hemp and hang out, but it's actually this really high in protein seed. That's why we used it.

What's next for Yummari? Are you hiring employees? Raising money?

Jason: Ideally we would like to form a team around the brand. For now it's just us and we don't have anyone else depending on us. We're trying to grow slowly and smartly.

As long as we can maintain decent growth, keep it small, overhead is low, that will maximize our value for getting bigger down the road.

We're not looking for any investment today but if someone did approach us we would definitely be open to that conversation.

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